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The chaebol played a key role in developing new industries, markets, and export production, helping make South Korea one of the Four Asian Tigers. Although South Korea's major industrial programs did not begin until the early 1960s, the origins of the country's entrepreneurial elite were found in the political economy of the 1950s.
Asan. Chung Ju-yung or Jung Joo-young (Korean : 정주영; 25 November 1915 – 21 March 2001), was a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder of Hyundai Groups, one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. Raised as the eldest son of a poor Korean farmer, he became the richest man in South Korea. Chung was an integral part of the rapid ...
Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean: 신격호; 3 November 1921 – 19 January 2020), known in Japan as Shigemitsu Takeo (重光 武雄), [2] was a Zainichi Korean businessman known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation (Group), now one of the largest chaebols in South Korea.
Lee Byung-chul. Lee Byung-chul (Korean: 이병철; 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987 [2]) was a South Korean businessman who founded the Samsung Group, the country's largest chaebol (conglomerate). Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28. [3] He is recognized as the most successful businessman in South Korea's history.
Daewoo (UK: / ˈ d eɪ. uː / DAY-oo; US: / ˌ d eɪ ˈ w uː / day-WOO; Korean: 대우; Hanja: 大宇; IPA:; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerate) and automobile manufacturer.
The Hyundai Motor Group (HMG; IPA: [ˈhjəːndɛ]; [2] stylized as HYUNDAI) is a South Korean chaebol (loosely similar to a multinational conglomerate but without a central holding company or ownership structure) [3][4] headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The HMG also refers to the group of affiliated companies interconnected by complex ...
SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) is the world's 3rd-largest semiconductor manufacturer and the 2nd-largest in South Korea after Samsung Electronics which is the leader in the global semiconductor industry. SK Hynix was founded in 1983 as "Hyundai Electronics", which is the origin of its name "Hynix", and merged to SK Group in 2012 when SK Telecom became ...
CJ Group (Korean: 씨제이) is a South Korean conglomerate holding company, operating internationally. It is one of the largest chaebol headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, logistics, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, entertainment and media, Pager and Telephone. [2]